Chapter Summaries

Bai Yu attacked Kaido’s subordinates at sea and then headed straight for Olay Island to hunt more pirates and grow stronger. He arrived at the island, where over a thousand pirates panicked and fled as he set out to find them.

• Bai Yu cleaved Zhan Sha’s ship in two with a single slash, and the surviving pirates tried to flee.
• Zoro and Sanji blocked One-Eye and Monkey, then destroyed their ship and sent its pirates into the sea, where Sea Kings devoured them.
• Bai Yu ordered the crew to head for Olay Island, while Gion wondered at his willingness to challenge Kaido’s forces and Hina teased her about him.
• Bai Yu reached Olay Island ahead of the warship and spread his Observation Haki across the island as the pirates at the docks fled in panic.
• Bai Yu resolved to use the fight against Kaido’s men to strengthen his template and considered seeking a deadly battle with Whitebeard.

Sheepshead gathered twelve pirate crews in a tavern to prepare for the Fourth Admiral, confident that the Beasts Pirates would make victory easy. The Fourth Admiral arrived without warning, killing the messenger and blasting Sheepshead through the wall, leaving the tavern in stunned silence.

• Sheepshead and the gathered pirate captains boasted that the Fourth Admiral would be easily defeated once Jack arrived.
• A messenger rushed into the tavern and warned the captains that the Fourth Admiral had come to kill them.
• Bai Yu hurled his Zanpakuto through the doorway, killing the messenger and sending it toward Sheepshead.
• Sheepshead blocked the Zanpakuto with Armament Haki, but its force hurled him through the wall and left him bleeding.
• The pirates stared at the carnage outside and fell silent.

Bai Yu confronted the pirates gathered on Olais Island and effortlessly withstood Sheepshead’s attacks. He unleashed a massive sword strike that swept through the tavern, leaving the gathered pirates overwhelmed by his power.

• Fisher Tiger rallied the pirate captains to fight Bai Yu, but Bai Yu revealed that the pirates waiting outside had already been killed.
• Sheepshead accused Bai Yu of ambushing him and refused his challenge to strike back until Bai Yu taunted him into attacking.
• Sheepshead charged Bai Yu with his Giant Ram Horn, but the attack failed to move him.
• Sheepshead slashed at Bai Yu with his sword, and Bai Yu caught the blade before summoning Murasame with Sword Control with Qi.
• Bai Yu swung Murasame and unleashed a hundred-meter blade aura that swallowed Sheepshead, the pirate captains, and the pirates in the tavern.

Bai Yu destroyed Olais Island and challenged Kaido, while Jack the Drought’s fleet learned of the attack as it sailed to confront the Marines’ Fourth Admiral. The chapter ended with Jack furious that Bai Yu had dismissed him and addressed his threat directly to Kaido.

• Bai Yu wiped out the pirates on Olais Island with a single slash and warned them to tell Kaido he was worth a slash.
• Pirates fled Olais Island and spread news of Bai Yu’s attack and challenge to Kaido.
• Jack the Drought led a fleet of over a dozen pirate ships toward Olais Island, expecting to face Bai Yu.
• Ginrummy received a photograph showing Olais Island cleaved in two and told Jack that Bai Yu had defeated Sheepshead and twelve high-bounty pirates.
• Jack roared in fury after learning Bai Yu had challenged Kaido without acknowledging him.

Jack ordered the Beasts Pirates to hunt down Bai Yu after he provoked them, while Marine Headquarters worried that Bai Yu’s mission to recruit Fire Fist Ace would bring him into conflict with Whitebeard. Tsuru revealed that Yamakaji had been sent to the Arans Sea to stop him before he could provoke another Emperor.

• Jack killed a pirate leader who tried to calm him, then ordered the Beasts Pirates to find Bai Yu and promised a promotion to whoever located him.
• At Marine Headquarters, Akainu questioned whether Sengoku had sent Bai Yu to provoke the Beasts Pirates, and Sengoku insisted he had only ordered Bai Yu to invite a Shichibukai.
• Tsuru reported that Fire Fist Ace and Jinbe had fought for five days before Whitebeard’s crew encountered them, and she feared Bai Yu would be harmed while trying to recruit Ace.
• Sengoku suspected the Five Elders had sent Bai Yu to use Whitebeard against him, but Tsuru warned that Bai Yu might attack Whitebeard instead.
• Tsuru said she had sent Yamakaji to the Arans Sea, and Sengoku hoped he would reach Bai Yu before he encountered Whitebeard.

Bai Yu and his crew met Vice Admiral Yamakaji, who reported that Fire Fist Ace had been captured by Whitebeard and that Sengoku had ordered the Marines to stop pursuing him. As a Whitebeard Pirates ship appeared on the horizon, Bai Yu declared that he would not turn back and welcomed the chance to fight Whitebeard.

• Gion scolded Bai Yu for provoking Kaido and warned that Jack was hunting him, but Bai Yu said he looked forward to fighting Kaido.
• Hina spotted Vice Admiral Yamakaji's fleet, and Gion steered toward it hoping for news of Fire Fist Ace.
• Yamakaji told Bai Yu and Gion that Sengoku had suspended the Shichibukai recruitment mission because Ace had fallen into Whitebeard's hands.
• Yamakaji urged Bai Yu to return to Marine Headquarters and revealed that Garp had gone to the New World to watch Kaido for his safety.
• Bai Yu refused to turn back, saying fate had brought him toward Whitebeard, and the Whitebeard Pirates' ship appeared on the horizon.

Bai Yu refused to retreat when Whitebeard’s ship approached and asked Water Buffalo Atmos to lead him to Fire Fist Ace so he could invite Ace to become a Shichibukai. Atmos took the request as an insult and prepared to fight, and Bai Yu eagerly accepted.

• Gion urged Bai Yu to leave as the Whitebeard Pirates’ ship approached, but he insisted on staying to complete the Five Elders’ mission.
• Bai Yu recognized the ship as belonging to a division commander and said he would have its commander lead the way.
• Water Buffalo Atmos, commander of the Whitebeard Pirates’ Thirteenth Division, confronted the Marines and assumed Bai Yu was seeking refuge from the Beasts Pirates.
• Bai Yu asked Atmos to lead him to Fire Fist Ace so he could invite Ace to become a Shichibukai.
• Atmos grew furious and unleashed his murderous aura, while Bai Yu welcomed the prospect of a death match.

Bai Yu fought Water Buffalo Atmos after demanding to see Whitebeard, showing he could withstand Atmos’s blows and match him in strength. Their clash escalated when both fighters used Ryuo Haki, and the chapter ended as their attacks collided and sent waves surging across the sea.

• Water Buffalo Atmos attacked Bai Yu with his greatswords, but Bai Yu stood firm using his self-developed Tekkai.
• Bai Yu struck Atmos with Murasame and knocked him into the pirate ship’s mast.
• Atmos acknowledged Bai Yu’s strength and promised to lead him to Pops if Bai Yu defeated him in a contest of strength.
• Bai Yu and Atmos clashed again with Armament Haki, and Atmos retreated slightly farther than Bai Yu.
• Atmos saw Bai Yu unleash Ryuo Haki, and their next collision sent black Haki lightning across the sea.

Bai Yu defeated Water Buffalo Atmos in a three-move clash that shattered their ship, then accepted Atmos’s offer to take him to meet Whitebeard despite the warning that Ace would not be released. Atmos and Bai Yu set off, wary of Jack’s reported presence nearby.

• Bai Yu used Thunder Breathing to empower his slash and blasted Water Buffalo Atmos through the ship’s deck and into the sea.
• Yamakaji sent Marines to help rescue Atmos, who survived with a deep slash wound across his chest.
• Bai Yu offered Atmos liquor and proposed they fight again on land, while Atmos admitted Bai Yu’s strength and agreed to take him to Whitebeard.
• Atmos warned Bai Yu that the Whitebeard Pirates would not give up Ace and that meeting Whitebeard could bring his wrath, but Bai Yu eagerly insisted on going.
• Atmos said Jack had appeared in nearby waters and urged Bai Yu and the others to set off quickly.

After defeating Water Buffalo Atmos, Bai Yu insisted on entering Whitebeard's territory despite Yamakaji and Gion's concerns. The group prepared to face the Whitebeard Pirates while Smoker defended Bai Yu's training program and hinted that the Marines' elite force would soon prove itself.

• Bai Yu received two percent toward unlocking the Main Body Template for defeating Water Buffalo Atmos, bringing his progress to 44.2 percent.
• Bai Yu refused to abandon his trip, and Yamakaji agreed to accompany him and inform Fleet Admiral Sengoku.
• Gion agreed to go with them and challenged Bai Yu to fight her after they returned to Marine Headquarters.
• Smoker told Bai Yu that Sanji, Zoro, and the others had trained relentlessly in preparation for the Beasts Pirates.
• Gion dismissed the rumors about Bai Yu's ability to awaken Haki, but Smoker warned her that Bai Yu's abilities had been underrated before returning to train.

Ace finally agreed to join the Whitebeard Pirates after repeatedly challenging Whitebeard, asking for help getting strong enough to defeat an opponent. When the crew learned that Atmos was confronting War Demon Bai Yu, Ace became eager to face him.

• Ace launched another attack on Whitebeard, who quickly slammed him into the deck.
• Jinbe reminded Ace that he had challenged Whitebeard ninety-eight times and asked if he would become Pops' son.
• Ace agreed to join the Whitebeard Pirates on the condition that they help him grow stronger so he could defeat an opponent.
• Whitebeard welcomed Ace as his son and ordered a banquet, while the crew celebrated.
• Marco reported that Atmos had encountered Bai Yu and intended to drive him away, prompting Ace to ask for more details and grow eager to face Bai Yu.

Ace insisted that Bai Yu would defeat Atmos, despite the Whitebeard Pirates' confidence in their commander. As Atmos's battered ship returned with the Marines unharmed, the crew saw that the Marines looked more like the winners.

• Marco said Atmos was likely driving Bai Yu away or had already defeated him, and the Whitebeard Pirates agreed that Atmos could win.
• Ace said Atmos would lose because Bai Yu was terrifying and Ace himself would be the one to defeat Bai Yu.
• Jinbe urged Ace not to provoke the crew, but Ace stood by his judgment.
• Teach pointed out that Atmos's ship was returning with Bai Yu as a prisoner, and Whitebeard told the crew to wait for the outcome.
• Teach eagerly planned to kill Bai Yu and claim the Dark-Dark Fruit, then froze when he saw battered Atmos beside the unscathed Marines.

Atmos returned to Whitebeard’s crew after losing to Admiral Bai Yu, and revealed that Bai Yu had defeated him in just three moves. The commanders struggled to accept how strong Bai Yu was, while Teach’s hopes of challenging him faded.

• Marco asked Whitebeard whether the crew should intervene, but Whitebeard said Atmos might still have won because of his Zoan Devil Fruit’s healing ability.
• Teach and Marco urged everyone to wait for Atmos, and Ace also awaited news as the ships approached.
• Teach asked Atmos if he had captured Bai Yu, but Atmos admitted he had lost and brought Bai Yu to find Fire Fist Ace as promised.
• Whitebeard and the commanders tried to reassure Atmos and asked how many moves the fight had lasted.
• Atmos clarified that Bai Yu had defeated him in three moves, leaving the commanders stunned and Whitebeard crushing his wine cup.
• Atmos said he had underestimated Bai Yu and acknowledged that Bai Yu truly deserved his Admiral title.

Bai Yu arrived aboard the Moby Dick to ask Ace to join the Shichibukai as part of his final admiral assignment, provoking Whitebeard into attacking him. Their clash split the sky, and Teach tried to exploit the chaos before a sniper struck him.

• Atmos revealed his wound and explained that Bai Yu had defeated him in three strikes before bringing him to see Ace.
• Bai Yu boarded the Moby Dick, introduced himself as the Marines' newly appointed Fourth Admiral, and asked Ace to join the Shichibukai.
• Whitebeard grew furious and slashed at Bai Yu with Murakumogiri.
• Bai Yu met Whitebeard's strike with Murasame, and their clash unleashed Haki that cleaved open the sky.
• Teach attacked Bai Yu from behind, but a shot from the warship's lookout struck him and sent him crashing into a cabin.
• Izo rushed toward the lookout tower to confront the sniper.

Bai Yu’s clash with the Whitebeard Pirates was interrupted when Ace revealed that Bai Yu was his sworn big brother, shifting the confrontation away from war. Whitebeard accepted their bond, while Bai Yu admitted he had come hoping for a fight and showed no concern about the Five Elders’ orders.

• Marco intercepted Sanji’s attack on Izo, while Zoro, Nami, Smoker, and the others prepared to fight the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Smoker punched Teach back into the rubble, deepening the Whitebeard Pirates’ anger over their crew being humiliated.
• Ace stepped between Whitebeard and Bai Yu and called Bai Yu his big brother, explaining that they had grown up as sworn brothers and that Bai Yu had beaten him repeatedly.
• Ace said Bai Yu had joined the Marines with Garp so he could help their brothers later, and Bai Yu admitted he had come looking for a worthy opponent to fight.
• Whitebeard stopped Jozu from attacking Bai Yu and acknowledged that Ace was fortunate to have him as a sworn elder brother.
• Bai Yu said the Five Elders had only ordered him to invite Ace to become a Shichibukai, and welcomed the chance to fight anyone they sent after him.

Bai Yu fought Ace on a deserted island after Ace challenged him to test his strength. Bai Yu overwhelmed Ace in their opening exchanges, and Atmos warned him that another fierce attack was coming.

• Ace challenged Bai Yu to a fight, and Bai Yu accepted by appearing on a deserted island.
• Ace attacked with his flames, but Bai Yu caught his wrist and blasted the fire away with golden Spiritual Pressure.
• Bai Yu slashed at Ace, sending him crashing into a rock before Ace escaped with his Logia transformation.
• Bai Yu anticipated Ace’s next move and struck again, cleaving a long stretch of the island and leaving Ace battered.
• Atmos recognized the attack as one like the move that had defeated him and urgently warned Ace to watch out.

Bai Yu overwhelmed Ace with a lightning-fast sword strike, then gave him a Senzu Bean that healed his devastating injuries in seconds. The Whitebeard Pirates mistook the healing for Marco’s Phoenix power and began imagining how it could transform their crew.

• Bai Yu struck Ace with Thunder Breathing: One Sword Style: Thunder Bagua, leaving him gravely wounded and sending him flying across the island.
• Atmos recognized Bai Yu’s three strikes as the same ones that had defeated him and defended his own loss to the Whitebeard Pirates.
• Whitebeard concluded that Bai Yu had advanced Haki and powers resembling both the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
• Atmos urged Marco to save Ace, and Bai Yu gave Marco a Senzu Bean for Ace to eat.
• Ace trusted Bai Yu’s bean, and it instantly restored his wounds and vitality.
• The Whitebeard Pirates mistook the healing for Marco’s Phoenix power and praised its potential to strengthen their crew.

After defeating Ace and blocking Whitebeard’s attack, Bai Yu unlocked Thunder Breathing Forms Two through Six. A distress call reported that Jack the Drought was attacking a Marine branch, and Bai Yu chose to face him rather than retreat.

• Marco credited the bean with healing Ace, leaving the pirates astonished by Bai Yu’s strength and the bean’s effects.
• Bai Yu earned System Points and Unlock Value for defeating Ace and blocking Whitebeard, then unlocked Kaigaku and Thunder Breathing Forms Two through Six.
• A Marine G-18 Branch officer told Yamakaji that Jack the Drought was attacking the branch and that Vice Admiral Chaton had also been contacted.
• Yamakaji promised reinforcements, and Gion warned Bai Yu that fighting Jack could provoke Kaido to attack him.
• Bai Yu rejected Gion’s suggestion to withdraw and said he wanted to fight Jack.

Bai Yu set out to confront Jack the Drought despite the danger, then openly provoked Whitebeard, who offered him a place as the Zeroth Division commander. Bai Yu refused the offer and departed, while Whitebeard warned that Marine Headquarters was restraining his bloodthirsty nature.

• Gion and Yamakaji agreed to let Bai Yu sail to the G-15 Branch and drive back Jack the Drought.
• Bai Yu told Whitebeard he would cut him down before going after Jack, and Whitebeard laughed and offered to make him his son and Zeroth Division commander.
• Bai Yu rejected Whitebeard's offer, saying he had no desire for a father or the shackles of an identity, then left aboard his ship with Zoro and the others.
• After Bai Yu's ship departed, Whitebeard told his commanders he had been testing Bai Yu and believed the young Marine could surpass them.
• Whitebeard said Garp had placed an invisible shackle on Bai Yu by making him a Marine, and warned that rivers of blood might flow if Bai Yu left Marine Headquarters.

After Jack attacked G-15, Sengoku confronted Kaido and warned him that Garp was heading to Wano, while Marine officers argued over Bai Yu’s chances against Whitebeard. An urgent report arrived just as they dismissed the possibility that Bai Yu could return safely.

• Teach watched Bai Yu’s warship sail away and began considering a new plan.
• At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku and the officers learned that Jack had attacked G-15 and discussed Bai Yu’s contact with Whitebeard.
• Sengoku contacted Kaido, while Akainu accused him of breaking the rules by letting Jack attack a Marine branch.
• Kaido threatened to fight Marine Headquarters, but Sengoku warned him that Garp was heading to Wano and ended the call.
• Akainu argued that Bai Yu had brought his danger upon himself and would not escape the Whitebeard Pirates.
• An urgent report arrived at Marine Headquarters as the officers dismissed Bai Yu’s chances of returning alive.